Ryan Lochte entered the water with a half-second lead but couldn't hold off Yannick Agnel in the final lap of the race. The French avenged their stunning loss in Beijing, when Alain Bernard was caught from behind by Jason Lezak.
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The 4x100 freestyle relay played out in the opposite fashion of 2008, when the American team blew a massive lead and got caught from behind in the final 15 meters by France.
Nathan Adrian and Michael Phelps gave Team USA a 0.76 lead midway through the race. Cullen Jones gave bac a little of that time but still touched more than half a second ahead of the field to give Lochte a clear path to victory.
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The 400 IM champion couldn't hold on to the lead.
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Team USA had won every 4x100 relay ever swum at the Olympics until getting out touched by Ian Thorpe at the Australians in 2000. The thrilling comeback win in Beijing has been their only Olympic title since then.
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Michael Phelps, who had been on a 13-race winning streak at the Olympics, is now o-2 in London.
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